| From: | Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Radosław Smogura <rsmogura(at)softperience(dot)eu>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: BLOB support |
| Date: | 2011-06-05 20:16:41 |
| Message-ID: | m2tyc4jaom.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr |
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Yes. I think the appropriate problem statement is "provide streaming
> access to large field values, as an alternative to just fetching/storing
> the entire value at once". I see no good reason to import the entire
> messy notion of LOBS/CLOBS. (The fact that other databases have done it
> is not a good reason.)
Spent some time in the archive to confirm a certain “déjà vu”
impression. Couldn't find it. Had to manually search in closed commit
fests… but here we are, I think:
https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/patch_view?id=70
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/17891.1246301879@sss.pgh.pa.us
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/4A4BF87E.7010107@ak.jp.nec.com
Regards,
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Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support
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